Score-board.



J. P. KEENAN.

SCORE BOARD.

APPLICATION FILBD IEB.5,1908.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

ATTOHNEY&

NTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

. JOSEPH PETER KEENN, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUI.

SCORE-BOABD.

Specificaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1908.

Application filed Eebruary 5, 1903. Serial No. 414;,358.

V vented a new and Improved Score-Board, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to games played on bowling alleys, and its object is to provide a new and impro ved score board arranged to permit the use of a continuous sheet of plein paper, and to allow of cutting off and remov 1ng a filled in portion after the genre is fin ishcd, thus providing a permanent record of the game and at the same time presenting a clean portion of the paper for scoring the next game.

The invention consists of novl features and parts and combinations" of the same which Will be very fully described herein afr and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement arranged in the form of a double score board; Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the improvement Fig. 3 is an enlarged rear face view of a front of the score board; and Fig. 4: is a plan view of the back and front of the score board.

On a suitably constructed stand A are securcd backs B, B, slightly inclincd toward each other, as is plainly indicated in Fig. 1, and over the faces of the said backs B, B are passed blank sheet-s et pa er C, C, unwinding from rolls of papcr hei d on spools D, D journaled in suitable bearings arranged on the stand A between the backs B, B, as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The backs B, and B are covered by fronts F and F connectod hy hingesG, G, to one side of the corrcsponding backs B, B, the free ends of the fronts F, F being adapted to be locked in place to the back B or B by a suitable fastening device H indicated in Fig. 4.

Each front F or F consists of a rectangular frarne, over the back of which are stretched Wires F in a longitudinal and vertical direction, the Wires being fastcned in place to the front frame by staples F or other suitable' To the back of the front. franco,

devices.

and at the upper portion thereof, and in front of the up er ortion of the wires F, is secured a headmg 44 of -sl.te, cardboard, or other suitable rnaterial, and on the lower margin of this heading F, and at the front rinted or otherWise pro-.

face thereofare V duCed, the legen s shown in Fig. 1, chus forming suitable headings for the vertical colmnns produced by the vertical wires F to give the names of the players, the innings, and. the total. N OW by the arrangement described, the wires F form spaces or a ficld on the front face of the sheet of paper 0 or 0 stretched over the front face of the back B or B, to allow the score keeper t0 conven iently write the name of the plaers in the first column, and to write the amounts of the difierent innings in an appro riate place, and to finally give the total resu t in the last column. It is understood that the horizontal and vertical wires are spaced the necessary distance a art to provide spaces or fields of the desired size for conveniently writing the desred matter onto the sheet 01" paper 0 or On a lower end of the bottom of each front F or F is secured a longitudinally extending cutter I, t0 permit the score keeper to cut off the score card after the same has been filled in and drawn down the desired distance to the cutting edge ofthe cover F. VVhen a game is finished the score keepe1 takes hold of the lower and of the sheet of paper C, C,

and draws the same downward until the filled in portion can be torn off at the cutter I, it being understood that during this operatien a new blankpcrtion of the sheet is,

drawn under the front F over the face of the back B or B to permit the score keeper to keep score of the next following game.

As indicated in Fig. 4, the back B is provided at the sides with forw&trdly extending strips B for the frame of the front F to rest on when closed, whereby the opposite faces of the front and loack are spaced a suflicient distance apart for the passage of the paper 0 or 0.

The score 'board shown and above de scribed is very simple in construction, and by. the use of it as set forth, a permanent record of the game is obtained and at the same time for the score keeper to write the score of another game thereon.

Having thus described my invention, I

' a clean portion of paper is properly displayed r daim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A score board, comprising a stand, an inclined back secured to the stand and having forwardly projecting portions at its sides, a reticulated front hinged to the back and engaging the forwardly projecting portions of the back when clos ed, whereby a space, extending from top to bottom is formed between the front and back for the passage of a strip of paper, a spool mounted in the stand at the rear back of and below its upper edge and carrying a roll of blank paper adapted to be passed over the upper edge of the back, and down between the back and front with its free end projecting out at thebottom, and a cutter secured to the lower portion of the front for cutting off the paper drawn between the front and back.

2. A score board, comprising a stand, an inclined back secured to the stand, a retien- 1ated front hinged to the back, a space being formed betwecn the front and back for the passage of a strip cf paper, a spool mounted in the stand at the rear of the back and below its upper edge and carrying a roll of blank paper adapted to be passed over the upper edge of the back and doWn through the space betwee the front and back withits free end projecting out at the bottom, and an a proximately horizontal cutter secured t0 t e bottom of the front for cuttin the paper drawn between the front and bac.

3. A score board, comprising a stand, backs secured on opposite sides of the stand and inclining downwardly and outwardly,-

said backs being c0nnected at each and by two cross bars arranged one above the other and intermediate of the top and bottoin of the backs, a spool mountcd between the backs in the upper cross bars, a second spool n'1ounted between the backs in the lower cross bars, each spool being adapted to carry a roll of blank paper adapted to be drawn over the upper edge of and down over the front face of a back with its free end pr0jecting out at the bottom, and reticulated framcs hinged to the sides of the backs.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

- JOSEPH PETER KEENN. Witnesses:

L. RUSSELL CARTER, WILLIAM H. PARTREE. 

